The insides of your fingers

[quote=northwind;1529792]Ooh, that's no good Tone64 Do you reckon you'll see improvements over time? Amazing the reconstructions they can do now...

I did it last october, had surgery, under a local for 3 hrs and countless stitches !!, my ring finger and little finger are very stiff, and i can't make a fist, i was having physio twice a week but did not see any improvement, so stopped going, it does loosen up if i give it a good bending, but i can do everything i need to do, just a pain if i am given a handfull of change, in my left hand, ends up on the floor, but i can still ride..........so i count myself lucky,

did you damage any tendons ? or just the flesh

[northwind]

Nicked the tendons in one finger, and either just nicked or just missed them in the other... But I've got decent movement and strength so they reckon it'll work out fine. Lucky miss though... Then, it would balance my hands out

I feel ill.

[northwind]

Thought I'd do a wee followup on this one, I meant to do it last week but I forgot, but nice people keep asking me how it's doing and this is easier than telling them one by one Got the stitches out etc, no infections, all good. One of the scars is a bit drawn and overgrown, feels really odd, it may or may not fade back but to be honest I'm not bothered. Nice clean fix, good work from the docs.

The finger the docs were worried about, with the really deep laceration, is almost 100% fine, barely weakened... I was using it almost normally as soon as the stitches came out. The one they said was fine, isn't so good, it's pretty weak and the movement's restricted- it bends and grips but it does it slightly wrong so it puts loads of strain on the top knuckle, which is bloody sore... It feels more like a break than soft tissue damage. The jury's out on why, it might be severed muscle getting in the works (which degrades over time, I had that with my hip) or it might be scarring on the muscle (which doesn't get better, but does get less obtrusive), or it might just be a muscle geometry thing (which might get better, worse, or neither). So it's just waiting, it might want opened up again and a bit of trimming, but I'd sooner not, I can live with it as is.

Incidentally, my physio is "Repeatedly squeeze something about the size and shape of a banana, as often as possible". I did that before!

But it's not a big deal, I can type and hold a spanner and once the scar stops being tender I'll probably be able to play guitar again (though my muscle memory's totally gone, so I'll need to relearn I think) And that's all left hands are for

I'm never doing the dishes again! It's paper plates and plastic spoons (not plastic knives!) from here on in!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esnQwVZOrUU
if only all tools were this safe but then i suppose life would get boring

Originally Posted by northwind

Incidentally, my physio is "Repeatedly squeeze something about the size and shape of a banana, as often as possible". I did that before!

ROFL!! (and f'nar)